Spearhead Games, a new independent Montreal game studio founded by former EA and Ubisoft® developers, has announced that its upcoming co-op action puzzler Tiny Brains is planned for a next-gen console release following its initial release this fall and will be on show at E3 in the South Hall, booth 2359.The game was first revealed at PAX East this year, where attendees were invited to team up as super-powered lab animals and participate in a grand experiment to make a truly cooperative game. Read the rest of this entry »

In honour of Mother’s Day, and starting today through to May 13th, game publisher G5 Entertainment is offering Masters of Mystery: Crime of Fashion by Big Blue Bubble to iOS, Google Play, Kindle Fire and Nook users at no charge. Initially released for PC, this hidden object adventure has spent over 10 days in top 10 of all major casual game charts and has instantly won hearts of mobile players. Now you can get this detective adventure for free. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian indie developer Itzy Interactive has announced the release of their electrifying puzzler, Vex Blocks 1.0 for iOS devices via the Apple App Store. Nominated for “Best Brain & Puzzle” and “Best Casual Game” in this year’s “Best App Ever Awards” Android edition, the easy-to-play, exciting and addictive block game is now available for the iPhone and iPad. An alternative to traditional, “Match 3″ type puzzle games like Bejeweled or Candy Crush, players create chains of colored lightning by matching up blocks based on symbol, color or both. Read the rest of this entry »

Global publisher and developer Budge Studios has teamed with DHX Media to bring the fun and entertainment of Caillou to preschoolers everywhere. The first of its kind, Caillou House of Puzzles is a unique interactive jigsaw puzzle game for children 2-6 years old available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Through Caillou’s creative imagination, kids get to play and learn about their world at home. With added elements from the popular TV show, players are provided with an innovative game that gives a fresh outlook on the classic pastime. Read the rest of this entry »

Puzzle lovers have a smorgasbord of game apps from which to choose with 14 new puzzle apps released by Mokool Inc. The firm’s CEO, Mukul Verma, announced that each app collection is dedicated to a specific topic and provides players with the means to win real world prizes. Read the rest of this entry »

Spellirium is a word puzzle point-and-click graphic adventure game currently in development at Toronto studio Untold Entertainment. In this game, which I had an opportunity to play some very, very early versions of, players spell words to solve puzzles, defeat monsters, and solve a mystery. In this special pre-order fundraising program, supporters are offered several different purchase levels, ranging from $15.00 for a Base Pack to the $1000.00 Design Your Own Monster level as listed below: Read the rest of this entry »

Wiggles 3D Games has announced the launch of their new mobile game, Lexigo for iOS devices. Based on the studio’s tabletop game Lexigo, the Lexigo app is built for 2 to 4 players, combining spelling challenges with strategy. Players use six-sided tiles to spell words in a twisty path, enabling the ability to move in six different directions – you can even backtrack to use letters more than once in the same word. One of the challenges of Lexigo is that each new word you spell has to start with the last letter of your previous word. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal’s Spearhead Games, a new independent game development studio founded by former EA, Ubisoft® and Eidos® team members Simon Darveau and Atul Mehra, is proud to announce its first game, Tiny Brains. Tiny Brains is a 3D co-op action puzzle game in which up to four players can take the role of tiny (but super-powered!) lab animals. Players must work together using complementary physics-based abilities to tackle the tests of a nefarious mad scientist. Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa-based indie mobile games company, RocknRolla Games has announced that it will be releasing a free version of its popular game Color-Shift. RocknRolla Games has also integrated new features for the free game. Some of the new features are Facebook and Twitter in app integration, and a new results screen to detail user’s game statistics. Color-Shift Free will be released to Apple’s App Store on March 17th 2013 and will run on all Apple supported iOS devices (iPhone 3gs, iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPad 3, and iPad Mini). Read the rest of this entry »

Independent Vancouver developers Jeffrey Yim and Bernie Wong change the classic match three puzzle formula with their newest release, Buddy Blitz. Place gems anywhere on the board to match as many gems as possible in 60 seconds. Compete with your Facebook friends and maximize your score by selecting animal buddies with special powers, and equip up to three boosts to give you that extra edge. Read the rest of this entry »